Australian stories
Demand for enterprise AI is pushing the consultancy deeper into Western Australia, where energy and resources clients are now a bigger focus.
Rising online fraud and a 2027 digital assets regime are pushing banks and fintechs to upgrade infrastructure as adoption accelerates.
Yet only 36% of HR leaders feel confident their organisations can comply with emerging AI rules, raising governance concerns.
Retailers risk overstock and shortages because weather-driven demand shifts with seasonal anomalies, not just heat, making winter buying decisions brittle.
Australians lost GBP £1.1 billion to scams last year, underscoring how banks now must protect customers' identities as well as their systems.
Up bank grew by focusing on design and trust, with more than 80 per cent of customers arriving through word of mouth.
As Australia faces a 300,000-worker gap by mid-2027, students will gain hands-on training to meet construction demand.
Priced at AUD $899, the new model targets pet owners keen to avoid tangled rollers and dirty mop pads in busy homes.
Small firms may miss basic cyber gaps as a free self-check from MY CYBER GUARD flags weak passwords, patching and backup risks.
Mining supervisors could get faster on-site answers as MaxMine's MAXI assistant turns fleet data into voice queries, shift notes and alerts.
Missed construction enquiries could fall as supplier sites now redirect unanswered leads to verified rivals within seconds, cutting delays and lost work.
Three established infrastructure titles are being folded into a wider industrial news network spanning eight markets and new specialist sectors.
Customers in government and defence will get local support in Australia and New Zealand as Veris takes on Octave's geospatial software distribution.
South Island internet users could see faster, more resilient links as the new Invercargill-Melbourne cable adds New Zealand's first southern landing point.
The shift could leave sites exposed unless firms match cyber defences with repeated identity checks at doors and restricted rooms.
Product development is already running about 30% more efficiently as the software group expands AI use across accounting and legal services.
Fragmented viewing habits are forcing agencies to juggle budgets across television and streaming as MiQ rolls out a single planning tool.
Phishing-resistant logins could curb account takeovers that let criminals tamper with tax data, refunds and audit trails across firms.
Road authorities may get a new tool against deadly T-bone crashes as the system briefly holds cross traffic when a violation seems likely.
Finance chiefs are facing tighter budgets as AI automation and new AML rules turn once-discretionary tech spend into a cost imperative.
